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peon

pe.on \'pe--.a:n, -*n, esp South -.o.n; also pa--'o-n f\ \pa--'o--ne-z\ n 
   or peons or pe.o.nes [Pg pea@o & F pion, fr. ML pedon-, pedo foot s]or 2, 
   3a; Brit also 'pyu:n for 1 pl oldier - more at PAWN 1: any of various 
   Indian or Ceylonese workers  2: a member of the landless laboring class in 
   Spanish America  pl peons  3a: a person held in cumpulsory servitude to a 
   master for the working out o f an indebtedness 3b: DRUDGE, MENIAL